Frances Capps Coggins

Frances Meryl Capps Coggins, 89, of 146 McKinnish Cove Rd., Asheville, died on Thursday, September 4, 2008, at the John F. Keever Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Coggins was born in Madison County and was a daughter of the late William Riley and Ollie Cody Capps. She was also preceded in death by her husband, J.D. Coggins, who died in 1998. She was retired from Singer-Kearfott and was a member of West Asheville Baptist Church for 56 years. Surviving are three sisters; Virginia Towe, of Candler, and Kathleen Capps and Mildred Austin, of Asheville; a brother, Robert Capps, of Asheville; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be at 5:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Dr. James H. Johnson and Darryl Searcy officiating. Burial will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Flowers will be appreciated or memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.